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REVISED 

SCHOOL LAWS 



AND 

REVISED RULES AND 
REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 

OF THE 

TERRITORY OP HAWAII 

1915 



HONOLULU: 

HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO.. LTD. 



REVISED 

SCHOOL LAWS 



AND 

REVISED RULES AND 
REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OE PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 

OP THE 

TERRITORY OF HAWAII 

1915 



HONOLULU: 

HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO.. LTD. 
1915 



D. of DJ> 

f .AR 15 1916 



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Revised School Laws 



1. Depari There shall be an executive department to be 
known as the Department of Public Instruction, which shall consist of 
a superintendent of public instruction and six commission* 

2. Superintendent. The superintendent of public instruction 
shall be the chief administrative officer of the department, and shall keep 
an office at the seat of government. The superintendent of public in- 
struction may be referred to in this chapter as the superintendent. 

3. A S PERiNTENi Superintendent of Public In- 
struction may. with the approval <>t' the Governor, designate some other 
officer in his department t<> art m hi- temporary absence or ilh Such 

ignation -hall he in writing and shall he filed in the office of the 
retary of the- Territory. Provided, hov. -hat the Superinten- 

dent shall he responsible" and liable on his official bonds for all acts done 
or performed by the person designated to act in his absence as herein 
cribed. m 

4. Mich person so designated -hall, during the temporary absence or 

illness of the head of such offitt all'lllc powers of the head of such 

office ami -hall he known as the Acting Superintendent, hut shall not be 

entitled to any additional compensation while SO acting. 

5. Commissioners; Appointmi \t. Tenure. The governor, in the 

manner prescribed in Section 80 of the Organi -hall appoint 

competent pej Two of such appoint 

shall he residents of the County of Hawaii, one of the County of Mani 
and one of the County of Kanai. They shall he commissioned for terms 

ot two years. In if a vacancy among the commissioners from any 

cause other than the expiration of the tenure of office, such vacancy 
shall he tilled by appointment, and the term of office of such commis- 
sioner shall he for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor 

appointed. 

<>. Who ELIGIBLE. No person in holy orders or a minister of re- 
ligion shall he eligibl commissioner. Women shall he eligible to 
ippointed as commissioners; provided, however, that not more than 
three .-hall hold commissions at any one time. Ail commissioners shall 
serve without pay. hut shall he entitled to reimbursement for their 
ry expenses incurred while attending meetings. 
7. QUORUM. The superintendent and three commissioners, or, in 
the absence of the superintendent, four commissioners shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of business. At least one meeting shall 



be held in Honolulu during the months of January or February and 
June or July in each calendar year; such other meetings shall be held 
as may be necessary for the proper transaction of the business of the 
department. 

8. Superintendent Presides. The superintendent shall preside at 
all meetings at which he may be present, and in his absence the com- 
missioners may choose one of their number to act as chairman of the 
meeting. 

9. Signs Drafts, Etc., Makes Reports. Except as otherwise pro- 
vided, the superintendent shall sign all drafts for the payment of 
moneys, all commissions and appointments, all deeds, official acts or 
other documents of the department. He shall, not later than the last 
Wednesday of February in each year, present to the Governor a full 
report of the principal transactions within his department during the 
year ending December 31 last preceding, together with such recommen- 
dations as he may think proper. 

10. Rules, Regulations. The department may adopt rules and 
regulations not contrary to existing law, for the government of all 
teachers and pupils, and its officers, agents and servants and for the 
carrying out of the general scheme of education and for the transaction 
of its business, which, when approved by the governor and published, 
shall have the force and effect of law. 

11. Office. The department shall maintain an office at the seat of 
government, which shall be open for the transaction of business every 
day, excepting Sundays and holidays. 

12. Appointment, Removal. The department may, from time to 
time, appoint and remove such officers and servants as may be neces- 
sary for carrying out the purposes of this chapter, and regulate their 
duties, powers and responsibilities, when not otherwise provided by law. 

13. Salaries. The salary of the various school teachers, servants 
and officers not especially provided by law, shall be such as may be from 
time to time allowed by the department. 

14. Inspector General. For the purpose of supervision and in- 
spection, the department shall appoint an inspector general of schools 
to hold office during its pleasure ; provided, however, that no person in 
holy orders or a minister of religion, shall be eligible to fill such office. 

15. Duties. It shall be the special duty of the inspector general of 
schools to make frequent tours of the respective islands and districts ; 
to examine into the condition of the public schools ; to inform school 
officers and teachers of their several duties ; and to foster generally an 
interest in the cause of education. The inspector general may, in the 
discretion of the department, have the power of appointment and dis- 
missal of school teachers ; the arranging and re-arranging of studies to 
be pursued ; and the prominence to be given to any particular branch of 
learning; to examine the books, vouchers and accounts of the various 



school agents and local school committees; to hold examinations for the 
purpose of determining the qualifications of persons desiring to serve 
school teachers; to give certificates of approval to those found com- 
petent : and to do and perform all other matters and things intrusted to 
his care by the department. He shall report in writing a distinct state- 
ment to the department of all acts and duties performed by him; all 
<>f which shall he subject to be approved or disapproved by the de- 
partment. 

16. Secretary, Di The department shall appoint a secre- 
tary t<> hold office during its pleasure. lie shall record the doings and 
transactions of the department, take' minutes of all its meetings, noting 
the same in a hook of record; keep tlu minutes of the meetings of the 
various committees, if ^<> requested; carry on the necessary correspond- 
ance; and keep a true and accurate account of all the financial trans 
tions of the department; and do and perform all other acts and things 
a- may he required of him by the department. He shall have the cus- 
tod\ of and be responsible for ti keeping of all hooks, records, 
vouchers and other documents, and all Othei property of the depart- 
ment kept at its general at the scat of nment. 

17. Principals, All scl hall he presided over by 
qualified teachers. If there shall Ik- more than one teacher in any public 

school, one- of them shall he designated by the department as principal. 

is. Si !s fhe superintendent of public in- 

struction, with the approval of the commissioners <>f public instruction, 
is authorized and directed to appoint in tin ral counties and city 

and county of the Ten of Hawaii supervising principals for 

schools not to d the following number 

f Hawaii Three supervising principals. 

Maui Two supervising principals. 
[ Kauai ( >ne supervising principal. 
City and County of Honolulu Two supervising principals. 
19. No Salary Warrants of Number Authorized. 

The auditor of the Territory of Hawaii is directed to issue no salary 

warrants for supervising principal >ls in e> i tin- numbers 

aho rifled for each county and city and county. 

J< >. t'\! l Proper It shall be the duty of the Board 

County Supervisors) to build, rebuild, repair, equip, maintain, and 
chool houses other than the Normal School. I.ahainaluna 
School, and the Boys' and Girls' Industrial schools. 

21. PUNISHM PUPILS. \ny teacher shall have power to ad- 
minister n. y and reasonable punishment upon any pupils while in 
attendance at schools, and shall not in any way he held responsible 

refor. 

22. Teachers' Conventions. The department may establish and 

maintain one or more teacher-' conventions or institutes, or it may 



authorize and permit their establishment by and among its teachers, and 
may direct and authorize the attendance of teachers thereat, as a part 
of their duties, and may permit the closing of schools at specified limited 
times, in order to permit their attendance at such conventions or insti- 
tutes. (See Section 9, General Rules.) 

23. Public, Private. All schools established and maintained by 
the department in accordance with law are public schools. All other 
schools established and conducted in compliance with law are private 
schools. 

24. Department, Powers and Duties. The department shall have 
entire charge and control and be responsible for the conduct of all 
affairs appertaining to public instruction. The department is authorized 
to establish and maintain schools for secular instruction, at such places 
and for such terms as in its discretion it may deem advisable and the 
funds at its disposal may permit. The department shall regulate the 
course of study to be pursued in all grades of public schools, and 
classify them by such methods as it shall deem proper. Such schools 
may include normal schools, high schools, kindergarten schools, schools 
for technical instruction, boarding schools, evening as well as day 
schools. The department may also maintain classes for normal, tech- 
nical and other instruction in any school where there may not be pupils 
sufficient in number to justify the establishment of separate schools for 
such purposes. 

25. Tuition. There shall be no charge for tuition in any public 
school ; provided, however, that the department may in its discretion 
establish, maintain and discontinue select schools, taught in the English 
language, at a charge of such tuition fees for attendance as it may 
deem proper; provided, however, that such select schools shall be 
established only in places where free schools of the same grade for 
pupils within the compulsory age are readily accessible to the children of 
such district. 

26. Private, How Established. Any person desiring to establish 
a private school within the Territory of Hawaii shall, prior to the 
establishment thereof, make application in writing to the Department 
of Public Instruction of the Territory, which application shall be signed 
by the applicant or applicants and shall state in substance ( 1 ) the name 
or names of the persons desiring to establish such schools; (2) the 
proposed location thereof; and (3) the course of instruction and the 
languages in which such instruction is to be given. 

Upon the receipt and approval of the application, the Department 
of Public Instruction shall issue to the person or persons applying 
therefor a permit in form to be by it approved, authorizing the estab- 
lishment of such school ; and no private school shall be established within 
the Territory except in conformity with this chapter. 

All persons conducting schools within the Territory other than public 



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ools shall on or before the first day of ( October, 1907, hie with the 
Department of Public Instruction a statement in writing signed by the 

son or persons conducting such school, showing (1) the name or 
names of the persons in charge thereof; (2) the location: (3) the 

cor. instruction and the lai - in which such instruction is 

en. 

Upon the receipt of such statement and approval by the Department 
of Public Instruction of the cours< of study and instruction given, the 
Department of Public Instruction shall issue to the person or persons 
in char said school a certificate, in form to be by said Department 

of Public Instruction prescribed, recognizing such school as a private 
ool within the meaning of this chapter. 

Attendance at any scl ablished or maintained without comply- 

ing with the terms of t : tion shall not he considered attendance at 

a public or private school within the meaning of this chapter. 

27, \ : .\ ery ; shall he sub- 

to the SU] lie department. It shall he the duty of the 

department to require that ten', privat- >ns of good 

moral eh.v . and that the premises of such mply with 

the rules and regulal rtment, >m time to time ; 

mulgated with nitary conditions and hygiene. 

1'he English lan- 
! l»e the medium and basis of instruction in all public and 
pri\ ools within the I any - English is 

not the medium and ba n shall not be nized as a 

public or prival >ol within the provisions of this chapter, and attend- 

ance th< hall not 1>< lend attendance at school in compliance 

with law. Provided, h< desired that another 

hall be taught in addition to the English language, such in- 
struction may he an: 1 by the department, by dil ier in any 
particular instant 

The attendance of 
all children from -i\ t<» fifte< . at either a public or 

private scl . and it shall he incumbent upon all parents, 

guardians, and others having the responsibility and care of children of 
Mich ages, to ^c\v\ them to some such school ; provided that when a child 
ched the age ^i twelve and has not completed the fourth 

grade of the primary school. Ik- -hall he eligible for instruction only in 
an industrial school or vocational school, provided there is such a school 
within four miles of his home or suitable transportation to such a 
school has been provided; and provided, also, that such attendance shall 
not he compulsory in the following cas< 5! 

First. Where the distance to the nearest school exceeds four miles 
and no suitable transportation is provided; 

Second. When such child shall be physically or mentally unable to 



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attend school, of which fact the certificate of a duly licensed physician 
shall be sufficient evidence; 

Third. When a competent person is employed as tutor in the family 
wherein such child resides and proper instruction is thereby imparted ; 

Fourth. When any child of not less than the age of thirteen years 
shall have passed the required examinations of both primary and gram- 
mar school grades, as such requirements shall from time to time exist, 
provided he shall be suitably employed; 

Fifth. When any child of not less than fourteen years of age is suit- 
ably employed under the direction of his parent or guardian. 

Sixth. Where upon investigation by the juvenile court, when feasi- 
ble, or by the district magistrate, it has been shown that for any other 
reason the child may properly remain away from school. 

30. Penalty. If any child of school age shall persist in absenting 
himself or herself from school, any district magistrate shall, upon a 
proper complaint being made by the school teacher or any other officer 
or agent of the department, or any deputy sheriff, or police officer, or 
any other person, cause such child, and the father or mother, guardian 
or other person having the charge of such child, to be summoned to 
appear before such magistrate, and upon its being proved that the 
person responsible for the child has not used proper diligence to en- 
force the child's regular attendance at school, such responsible party 
shall be punished by a fine in a sum not less than five (5) and not 
exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment for not more than 
two months. In case the child shall prove the offending party, the 
magistrate shall send him or her to a reformatory or industrial school 
for a term of not less than six months or more than two years, or other- 
wise sentence him or her to a fine not exceeding five dollars ($5.00) ; 
provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to 
any child not liable to compulsory attendance at school. 

31. Duties of Deputy Sheriff. It shall be the duty of each 
deputy sheriff, or such police officers as he shall designate, to not less 
than once each week visit each public school within the district of which 
he is deputy sheriff, to ascertain from the teacher or other officer or 
agent of the Department of Public Instruction in charge thereof what 
children, if any, of school age persist in absenting themselves from such 
school. It shall further be the duty of such deputy sheriffs and police 
officers to require all children under school age, in accordance with the 
provisions of Section 2S7, to attend school whether or not complaint is 
made by any teacher or other officer or agent of said Department of 
Public Instruction. 

32. Attendance, Private Schools. No person within school age 
shall be considered as complying with the law as to attendance, who 
shall attend a private school which does not comply with the require- 
ments of this chapter. 



[Ool Districts. For the better control and management of 

the public schools, the department is authorized to designate school dis- 
trict-, to establish their boundaries, and to alter the same from time to 
time as in its discretion it deem- most advisable. These districts shall 

be SO arranged that there shall be no unassigned locality. 

34. Ai, il in whai District. All persons of school age 

shall be required to attend the school of the district in which they reside, 
unless it shall appear to the department to be desirable to allow the at- 
tendance of pupils at a school in >ther district, in which case the 
department or school agent of that district may grant such permission. 

Record of Pupils. The teachers of all schools, either public 
or private, shall keep a correct register of the nan .. age and 

nationality attainable, date of entering the school, and the 

places oi residence of the children attending their respective schools, 
and no teacher of any school shall grant a release to any child under 

all be registered as attending ins school, for 
purpose of attending another school, 'unless the consent and ap- 
proval of the parents or guardians of such child shall he given in writing 
l " the teacher, or unless authorized to grant such release by the school 
the district for g -is shown to his satisfaction. In 

every sucl rtificate in writing shall be granted to the teacher, 

setting forth the fads in the case. The register shall he carefully pre' 

and as often as th( anient shall direct, the register "i" a 

true copy th< all he filed in th< of the department. 

. 36- ' K '• her of any school. 

either public or : . shall e into his school any child under 

who shall have attended another school of fhe 

same class in the same district, unless Mich child shall produce to the 

ool to he entered, a certificate of release signed by the 

her of the school last attended by the child. If such child apply 

•tend a school of higher grade, a certificate of proficiency shall be 

lired or a lawful excuse for its absence; provided, that the children 

i one district desiring t<. enter a school in another district, may he 

ived or admitted upon producing a certificate of release from' the 

school last attended in such other district. The teacher of am/ such 

School who shall violate any of the provisions f tl. >f Section 217 

shall, upon conviction thereof, he subject t«» a tine n eding ten 

dollars fur each offense. 

ECS FURNISHED AT I The department shall furnish all 

necessar) I equired for th< i pupils in their respective grades, 

charging therefor their cost price. All pupils must he supplied by their 
parents or guardians, or other I ns having the CUS >r care of 

such pupils, with b( quisite for their use. And in' case pupils 

shall not 1 ipplied, the department may furnish such books, and 

require the parent guardians to make payment therefor. If such 



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payment shall not be promptly made the department shall notify the tax 
assessor of the district in which the school is located, who shall enter 
the amount due as a portion of the tax to be collected of such parents 
or guardians, and the payment of such amount, together with interest 
and costs, shall be enforced as in the case of delinquent taxes. In 
cases of extreme poverty, the cost of all books may be remitted by the 
department ; provided, that in such cases the use only of such books 
shall be authorized, and when the pupils shall have finished the use of 
the same, the books shall be returned to the department. 

38. Proceeds to Treasurer. All moneys received for the sale of 
books, shall from time to time be paid over to the treasurer with a 
definite statement of what they represent. 

39. School Sites, Buildings, Furniture, Etc., May Transfer to 
Government. Authority is hereby granted to the department to trans- 
fer to the general government all its property, real, personal, or mixed, 
reserving, however, the management and control of all church sites, 
school sites, and school buildings, furniture and appliances. 

All rights, duties and powers belonging to the board of education 
prior to June 8, 1896, are to be exercised and performed by the de- 
partment. 

40. Sites on Public Lands. Whenever a site for a school house or 
land for other educational purposes, as provided by law, shall be re- 
quired, and the same can be located upon public land, the commissioner 
of public lands, upon the recommendation of the department and ap- 
proval of the governor, may set apart sufficient land for such purpose 
without compensation; and thereupon the commissioner of public lands 
shall be relieved from all further responsibility or liability in regard to 
the premises so set apart. 

41. Purposes for Taking Private Property. Private property 
may be taken for the following purposes, which are declared to be 
public uses, to wit : sites for public buildings, schools and school recrea- 
tion grounds. 

42. Salary Schedule. The Department of Public Instruction is 
authorized, empowered, and directed to prepare a salary schedule to 
cover the compensation to be paid all teachers, supervisors and prin- 
cipals. Such schedule shall be based upon a classification of schools, 
classification of teachers' certificates, and length of service, provided, 
however, that the schedule as to salaries of principals and supervisors 
shall be based also upon the number of teachers under their direction. 
Such schedule, when approved by the governor, and published at least 
three times in some newspaper of general circulation, printed and pub- 
lished in Honolulu, shall have the force and effect of law. Such schedule 
may, from time to time, with like approval and publication, be altered, 
amended or revised. All salaries of teachers, supervisors and princi- 
pals shall be paid according to such schedule. The total number of 



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including supervisors and principals, who may be continu- 
ously employed by the department in any one year, shall not exceed one 
for every thirty-five pupils enrolled in the public schools during the 
preceding year, provided, however, that the monthly pay-roll of teachers. 
Supervisors and principals, shall not exceed forty-five thousand dollars 
per month phis fifty dollars additional for every thirty-five children of 
school age added to the enrollment of the public schools after June 30, 
1911. 

43. ' FLTURAL AND IND L PURSUITS l\ SCHOOLS. It shall 

be lawful for the Department of Public Instruction to include agricul- 
tural and industrial pursuits among the branches of instruction taught 
by the public schools of the Territory. 

vim i) by Nil The Department of Public 

Instruction shall have power to prescribe the manner and designate the 
place- in which such pursuits shall he conducted, and also to determine 
the extent to which they shall he followed, either generally or to suit 

particular 
4 ; I , Publii Lands. For the purpose of this chapter it shall 

he lawful for the Department of Public Instruction after due notice to 
the commissioner of public Ian superintendent of public works, as 

the case may he. to use I I rem. as much of any government land, 

not otherwise employed, as -hall he advantageously cultivated by the 
•id pupils of any public school, and the teachers and pupils 
aforesaid shall have the right to continue t<> cultivate such government 
land SO long as the same shall not be otherwise disposed of by the 
commissioner of public lands, or superintendent of public works, as 
the case may he. or other rtd by the Department of Public 

Instruction; and in case of disposal of the same by the commissioner of 

public lands or superintendent of public work-, .is the case may he. 
Sufficient notice shall he given to enable the removal of improvements, 
and the gathering ^<i -rowing crop-, without vrners ther< 

1<>. ( )|iiik LANDS. Whenever it shall deem the same desirable the 

Department of Public Instruction may also acquire, on such term- as 

ma\ 1 upon, land other than government, that may he advan- 

OUsly employed for the purposes herein stated. 

47. Profits ro !'. u hers v\i> Pupils. All net profits arising from 

agricultural and industrial pursuits, under this chapter, shall belong to 
the teachers and pupils actually engaged in such pursuits, and shall be 
divided among the same in such proportions as the Department of 
Public Instruction shall deem proper; but the provisions of this section 
shall not be deemed applicable I otherwise regulated by law. 

48. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. All moneys arising from agricultural 
and industrial pursuits at the Lahainahina School, and the Boys' and 
< iirls' Industrial Schools, respectively, except such moneys as go to the 
pupils earning the same, shall, upon receipt thereof, be paid into the 



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Territorial Treasury, and equal amounts are hereby appropriated out 
of the moneys in the Treasury for the use of the Department of Public 
Instruction to be expended by it in the care, maintenance and operation 
of such schools, respectively. 

49. Public School Laws Relate to this Chapter. All laws for 
the government, discipline and welfare of the public schools of the Ter- 
ritory, shall in their operation be construed to include the enforcement 
of the provisions of this chapter in relation to agricultural and indus- 
trial pursuits in said schools. 

50. School Supervision. The teachers and scholars in all public 
schools throughout the Territory shall provide themselves, within four- 
teen days after the opening of the annual school term, with certificates 
signed by some duly licensed and competent physician, as to their free- 
dom from any contagious, infectious or communicable disease. Such 
certificates shall be upon forms approved by the Board. Physicians ap- 
pointed by the Board will visit each school in their district for the 
purpose of making the necessary examinations of those not provided 
with certificates. 

Said certificates shall be renewed each year, and for the protection of 
the public health a certificate shall be required as a condition of connec- 
tion with a stay in school. (Sanitary Code.) 

51. To Prevent Tuberculosis and the Spread Thereof. No 
person who shall have contracted tuberculosis shall, while afflicted with 
such disease, be allowed to teach in any public or private school. 

52. Holidays Designated. The following days of each year are 
set apart and established as Territorial holidays, to wit : 

The first day of January, 

The twenty-second day of February, 

The thirtieth day of May, 

The eleventh day of June, 

The fourth day of July, 

The first Monday in September, known as labor day, 

The third Saturday in September, and 

The twenty-fifth day of December. 

All election days, both primary as well as general, in such county or 
city and county wherein such election is held. 

And any day appointed or recommended by the President of the 
United States as a day of thanksgiving, fasting or religious observance, 
or appointed by the Governor of the Territory as a holiday, shall be a 
Territorial holiday. 



TEACHERS' PENSIONS 



tion 1. The superintendent and the commission's of public in- 
struction shall constitute a board of trustees who shall have full control 
and management of the fund created by this Act. The superintendent 
shall be chairman of said board. Tl retary of the department of 

public instruction shall be the - lid board and shall keep, in 

a separate book, a true and corn I <>f all the proceedings 

I board. The attorney general of the Territory of Hawaii shall he 
the legal adviser of said hoard, and shall attend. to all legal matters 
arising out of the control and management of said fund. The treasurer 

Hawaii shall he the treasurer of said board. The 
auditor of the Territory of Hawaii shall audit all accounts of ^a\i\ fund 
and shall draw all warrants payable from said fund, which warrants 

shall he drawn only upon the trity VOte of said hoard. 

which order shall be certified by the chairman and secretary of the 
hoard. All pensions shall he paid in equal quarterly installments aggre- 

ting in total the amount of i > e- t 1 - i < • • 1 granted under this Act. 

ctimi 2. The bonded ials herein named and to 

whom are i 1 dutn med in carrying <>ut the intentions 

of thi- Act shall he liable upon their official bonds for the faithful per- 
mance of the same. 

on 3. There shall be set apart in the treasury of the Territory 
of Hawaii a special fund for the pur] \ct which fund shall 

he known as the Teachers' Pension Fund and which shall consist of the 
i wing moneys with intei f ; 

1. and one-half t of the school tax collected in the Ter- 
ritory <>f Hawaii. One-half imount, or one and a quarter per 
cent of the s C -ho< .1 tax colh Till, when paid into the treasury, he 

apart semi-annually by the treasurer il fund for the pur- 

[ this A 

2. All donations, legacies and which shall he made to this 
fund shall, when paid into | isury, he set apart by the treasurer as 
a special fund for the purpose of this 

3. ( 'ne per cent per annum of the respective salaries paid to inspec- 
5, principals, teachers and special teachers regularly employed in the 

public schools of this Territory shall, when paid into the treasury, he 
set apart by the treasurer as a Special fund for the purpose of this Act, 
ept that no deduction shall he made from the salary of any of the 
aforesaid empl authorized by his or her written consent to 

the same ; 

4. All moneys which may he obtained from other sources or by 



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means duly and legally devised by said board, or with their consent, for 
the increase of said fund shall, when paid into the treasury, be set apart 
by the treasurer as a special fund for the purpose of this Act; 

5. The treasurer shall keep all funds over and above the amount 
required for the payment of pensions under this Act, invested in interest- 
bearing bonds issued by the Federal Government, the Territory, or any 
subdivision thereof, or shall deposit same at interest in any savings bank 
or savings banks doing business within the Territory. 

Section 4. The department of public instruction in making pay rolls 
for inspectors, principals, teachers and special teachers hereinbefore 
mentioned shall deduct semi-annually in the months of November and 
May from the salary of each of the said employees (who has so signi- 
fied his consent in writing, which consent shall be deemed an applica- 
tion for pension), a sum equal to one-half of one per cent of his or her 
annual salary, and shall certify the amount of such deductions and the 
names of such persons from whose salaries such deductions have been 
made; and such certificates shall accompany the said pay rolls to the 
auditor of the Territory, who shall draw a warrant for the amount of 
such deductions, so certified, payable to the treasurer of the Territory, 
who shall hold the same subject to the disposal of the said board of 
trustees as hereinbefore specified. 

Section 5. The department of public instruction shall have power 
to retire from service any inspector, principal, teacher or special teacher 
who shall have served in such capacity or capacities in the schools of 
this Territory for an aggregate period of twenty-five years, and such 
person so retired shall become a pensioner under this Act; provided 
twenty years of such service shall have been spent in the public schools 
of this Territory. 

Section 6. Any inspector, principal, teacher or special teacher who 
shall have served in such capacity or capacities in the schools of this 
Territory, or elsewhere in the United States, for a period of thirty 
years, may voluntarily retire from service in the public schools and 
become a pensioner under this Act, provided twenty years of such 
service shall have been spent in the public schools of this Territory. 

Section 7 . No pension paid under this Act shall exceed forty per 
cent of the annual salary of the pensioner receiving it at the time of 
retirement from service, nor shall any pension exceed the sum of four 
hundred dollars per annum; and further all pensions at all times shall 
be at the same rate per cent of the salaries of the several pensioners at 
the time of retirement, except in cases where the pensions at that rate 
would exceed four hundred dollars per annum. 

If the amount of money contained in this fund shall become at any 
time inadequate to fully carry out the provisions hereinbefore men- 
tioned, and in case the Legislature of the Territory fails to appropriate 
sufficient amount to make up such deficiency, then the trustees of said 



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fund shall then pay pro rata to the persons entitled to participate in 
said fund such amount as in their judgment the condition of the fund 
will warrant, and such payment shall be in lull of all pensions then due 
under the provisions of this Act. 

Section 8. No person shall become a pensioner under this Act who 
has not contributed to the fund hereby created an amount equal to 
twenty per cent of his or her salary per annum at the time of retire- 
ment ; hut any such person, otherwise qualified who has been or who shall 
have been in the service of the department of public instruction prior 
to July 1. 1916, may become a pensioner under this Act by making a 
cash payment to the said fund at the time (if retirement of such an 
amount as his or her previous contributions may have fallen short of 
tin- required twenty per cent of his or her -alary per annum at the time 
«.f retirement, provided, however, that such person become within one 
year from July 1. 1915, an applicant for pension as specified in Sec- 
tion 4. Any duly qualified p< :i entering the service subsequent 
to July 1. 1916, may become an applicant for pension, hut such person 
must become an applicant within one year of entrance, or time of 

vice, as affecting tin- Act will not be counted until such person becomes 
an actual applicant. 

Ction 9. If at any time any inspector, principal, teacher or special 

her shall hi- discharged or shall retire from the service before Such 

on would under this Act he entitled to a pension, then such person 

shall hi- paid hack one-half, without interest, of the money he or she 

shall have contributed to this fund. Should any inspector, principal, 

iter, or | teacher die before such person would under this Act 

entitled to a pension, the heirs or representatives of such person 

shall receive one half the amount, without interest, which shall have 
i paid into the said pension fund by such person. 
ction Id. No pen-ion shall he paid from the fund created by this 

Act before July 1. 1916; hut any person legally entitled to become a 

sioner Under this Act may retire or he retired from the service 
that time and shall not he deemed to have forfeited his or her 
right to become a pensioner under the provisions of this \ ( -t. 

Ction 11. This Act shall take effect from and after the 1st day of 

julv. 1915. 

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Approved this P'th day of April. A. I). 1915. 

Lucius E. I'inkif \m. 

rvernor of the Territory of Hawaii. 

< uhcr laws relating to schools are to he found under Title Five of 
the Revised Law- of I'M- and Acts 81, 93, 13) and 132 of 

the Session Law- of 1915. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 



1. Th i 1 I The department shall appoint such 

principals and supervisors as may be deemed necessary and 
consistent with the laws, nil I regulations relating to public 

schi uch appointment, if n«»t made for a definite period, to con- 

tinue during the pleasure of the rtment. Regular contracts arc 

led to duly certificated teacher >se reports during the preceding 

an a\ of or i the passing mark of < V| ' per cent. 

Provisional contr re issued to teachers who hold no recogni 

or wl Is during the preceding year have averaged 

than i credit on the salary schedule is given for 

3 rendered under provisional contracts. No increase in salary 
will be granted a holder <>f a provisional contract 

The department shall provide for the examination of appli- 
cants for positions in the publi and persons already teaching, 
and grant, issue and gi and diplomas not otherwise pro- 
vided for by law. It certifi :epted until the following 
mination, no further notice that such examination must he taken 
shall be deemed I ry. 

i The department shall : 
i Prescribe, adopt and ei the use of a uniform series of 

text I public school 

ib) Fix d.v >ening and closing of the public schools; 

Do any and. all thing iry to the welfare of the public 

school system of the Territory not inconsistent with the 
laws of the Territory. 
(4i ddie order of busin< meetings of the department shall be 

s, unless otherwise voted : 

(a) Roll call. 

ib) Reading minutes of last meeting. 

(c) Report of superintendent. 

i <1 ) Reports of committer 

Unfinished busin< 

New busiin 

2. The Superintendent. The duties of the superintendent shah 

be: 



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( 1 ) To preside at all meetings when present. 

(2) To cast the deciding vote, in case of a tie, upon all matters 
requiring a vote of the commissioners. 

(3) To determine, with the approval of the local commissioner, or 
commissioners, which teachers are to have the use of the teachers' 
cottages. 

(4) To perform all things, between meetings of the commissioners, 
necessary to the proper conduct of the department, subject, however, to 
the approval of the department. 

Inspector General. For duties see Section 14 of School Laws. 

3. Supervising Principals. It shall be the duty of each supervis- 
ing principal : 

(1) To have general charge of all the schools in his district. 

(2) To see that each teacher carries out the requirements of the 
course of study and the rules and regulations of the department. 

(3) To instruct teachers, when necessary, in the method of teaching, 
organization and discipline ; also to direct the teachers in the work of 
making programs, daily lesson plans, etc., and approve them. 

(4) To see that the registers and records are properly kept. 

(5) To examine plan books and make comments on the same in 
writing, giving date of visit and time spent in room. 

(6) To keep a full record of his work, showing the time spent in 
each school, the necessary time spent in traveling and in preparing work 
for the schools, making reports, etc., and to send a copy weekly of this 
record to the department. 

(7) To submit to the inspector of schools all information in regard 
to schools in his districts, programs, daily lesson plans, written work of 
the pupils, records of his supervision and instruction in teaching, disci- 
pline and organization, and all other information that may be necessary 
for a full and complete inspection of the schools, and generally to per- 
form any other duties required by the department, superintendent or 
inspector. 

(8) To examine into, and if in proper order, approve all orders for 
supplies before the same are forwarded to the department. 

(9) They shall make their orders, suggestions, and directions to 
teachers in writing, giving the teachers the original and preserving the 
carbon copy for their own use. They shall have the same initialed by 
the teacher to whom the order has been issued and by the principal of 
the school where the teacher is employed. 

4. Principals. It shall be the duty of the principal, or, in case 
there should be no principal, the vice-principal : 

(1) To classify the pupils of his school and to assign his assistants 
to the different rooms or grades in accordance with the direction of the 
supervising principal. 



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(2) To make rules and regulations for his assistants and pupils nec- 
iry to the proper conduct of the school, to he in conformity with law 

and the rules and regulations of the department. 

(3) To admit and release pupils according to the school law and 
illations of the department. No assistant may perform this function. 

i4i To assume and exercise general supervision over the teaching 
and discipline of the entire school. 

To I Risible for tin proper care of all school property in 

his charge, and to make such rules and regulations, in accordance with 
the school law and the regulati E the department, as are necessary 

for his teach* ist him in the same. 

hat all tnd re chool are properly 

kept, and that all reports and answers to circulars, a- required by the 
department, are correctly made by his assistants, and promptly trans- 
mitted to the proper authority 

To make reasonable rules for the conduct of pupils in the 
school grounds ami on their way to and from school. 

principal shall admit into any public school or private 
school any child afflicted with any infection intagious di nor 

in in the above-named schools any child found to he afflicted with 
infection- ntagiou 

the end of the summer term to make and transmit to the 
department an inventory of all property in his charge belonging to the 
department. 

(In, To hold himself r ible to the department through the 

supervising principal for the pr school in all n 

ill) To be present at ery day at least twenty minul 

befi ire the opening of -chool. 

( 12) To perform all other dul [Uired by the department, the 

superintendent, the inspector or the supervising principal. 

STAN1 Ti tCHERS. It shall he the duty of the assistant 

teacher 

< 1 i To pre] with ti of the principal or vice-prin- 

cipal, and to place OH file at the beginning of the term, a daily program, 
and to keep *'n tile the daily work of the pupils. 

To teach the Subjects of the course of study. 
: i To keej) a corn t n indicated by the school register, 

and to make reports of the same as directed by the department. 

(4) To care for the school property and I st in the supervision 
of the pupils during interim- - indicated by the department through 
the principal of the school. 

To he present at school every day at least fifteen minutes hefore 
the opening of -chool. 

(6) To hold -chool from" A. M. to 2 \\ M. all school da ept 

on the last day of the fall and summer terms, on which days schools may 



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be closed at noon. When special instruction is given in vocational sub- 
jects, this time may be extended in the case of pupils who are given such 
instruction. 

(7) At the end of the summer term to make and transmit to the 
principal an inventory of all property in his charge belonging to the 
department. 

(8) To perform all other duties required by the department or any 
superior. 

6. Industrial and Reformatory Schools. (1) The Depart- 
ment of Public Instruction shall appoint a matron for the Industrial and 
Reformatory School for Girls, and a Superintendent for the Indus- 
trial and Reformatory School for Boys. 

(2) The matron and the superintendent of the two above-named 
reform schools shall keep a journal, in which shall be regularly entered 
the reception, discharge, release, escape or death of each inmate, to- 
gether with all the particulars relating to such as shall be apprenticed, 
adopted or put out to work. (See Sec. 311, Revised Laws.) 

(3) The matron and the superintendent of the above-named schools 
shall report weekly to the Department of Public Instruction, the form 
of such report to be determined by the Department of Public In- 
struction. 

7. Promotion of Teachers; Schedule of Teachers' Salaries. 

(1) The schedules herein contained shall not be considered in the 
nature of contracts between the teachers and the department. They 
may be altered or suspended at any time if the department deems it 
necessary. 

(2) Schools shall be classified and salaries fixed each year before 
the beginning of the regular school year. 

They shall be classified as Elementary, High, Normal and Special 
Schools. These special schools shall include Lahainaluna, boys' and 
girls' industrial schools and any other industrial or agricultural schools 
that may be established from time to time. 

(3) Assistant teachers obtaining normal diplomas will begin at 
$60.00 per month, and receive their maximum salary after seven years 
of service under regular contracts. 

(4) Teachers shall be designated as Supervising Principals, Princi- 
pals, Vice-Principals, Assistants and Special Teachers. 

(5) The salaries of assistant teachers in the elementary schools 
shall be regulated according to the following schedule, based on certifi- 
cates held and length of satisfactory service — the average mark for the 
year 80 per cent, or over. 



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Salary SCHEDULE FOB ASSISTANT Teachers. 



Per 


Per 


Year 


Month 


480.00 


$40.00 


540.00 


45.00 


600.00 


50.00 




55.00 


7J< >.00 




73 ).00 


0.00 




65.00 


i.OO 


65.00 


840.00 


7< i . .< i 




71 


00 


1.00 


( X »l | 


83.33 



Qualifications 

Permit to teach $ 

ntinued permit to teach 

Certificate : 

First year 



Third year 

Fourth year 

r 

Sixth year 

r 

Eighth year 

Ninth year 

Tenth year 1 

No increases in teacl are to be made except at the begin- 

ninj ich school year. 

ipetent teachers in undesirable >ns may be paid above 

schedule. 

i Qualified teachers in hool kitchens and carpenter 

shops may be paid $10.00 per month (except for July and August] 

additional salary for sati such instruction involves 

ra tinn iching. Such additional salary shall not be taken into 

sideration in the computing of vacation -alary. 

hers duly certific king the pi; I teachers in the ele- 

mentary schools shall be paid at the rate of $2.00 per da; teachers 

in high and normal scl I the rate of per day. Substitute 

lier^ without ;i/ed certificates shall be paid not more than 

a day. 

\ky S« ii di ; Principai s. 









Lai 


2nd 




4th 


5th 


6th 


7th 


Sth 


B 










Fear. 


-. 


Year. 


Y ia r. 


Priii. 


and 


l A.ast.... 




• 




•7 . . . . 


• 


$.... 


- 


- 


Prm. 


and 








. 




.... 


iooo 


.... 


1200 


Priii. 


and 






iooo 




1200 








1500 


Priii. 


and 




iooo 




1200 






1500 






l'rin. 


and 




iooo 








1500 








Prin. 


and 




















Prin. 


and 


7 A • 


1200 














1800 


Prin. 


and 


8 Aasts. . . 










1800 








Prin. 


and 


'.' &88t8... 


1500 








1800 








Prin. 


and 


10 \ 


1800 












2000 




Prin. 












2400 









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(9) Salary Schedule for High and Normal School Teachers. 
Normal and high school teachers teaching high school classes shall be 
paid in accordance with the following schedule : 

$1000 for the first year; $1100 for the second; $1200 for the 
third; $1500 for the fourth to the tenth inclusive; and there- 
after $1800. 

Normal practice and teachers in high schools who do not devote the 
greater part of their time to high school work, shall be paid as follows : 
First year, S900; second year, $960; third year, $1020; fourth 
year, $1080; and fifth year, $1200 (maximum). 

(10) The salaries of supervising principals, high and normal school 
principals, vice-principals, special teachers and teachers in the special 
schools shall be determined from time to time by the Department of 
Public Instruction, according to the duties required of such teachers. 

(11) There shall be no reduction in an assistant's salary when he 
is advanced to a principalship. A principal promoted to a larger school 
shall, in case his previous salary is larger than the initial salary of the 
larger school, be paid a salary which he would have been paid, had he 
remained in his former position, and he shall be given credit for time 
served in the larger school up to the point indicated by the salary 
schedule. 

(12) Except as otherwise provided, the salaries of all teachers in 
government service are paid in twelve monthly installments, although 
the work of the school room is accomplished in ten months. 

8. Vacation Salaries. For the purposes of this rule, the school 
year shall be considered as consisting of ten months of teaching and 
two months of vacation, viz : July and August, all salaries for each 
school year terminating August 31. 

(a) All teachers who are in the service of the department at the 

close of the spring term shall be entitled to as many 
tenths of their respective salaries for July and August as 
they have taught months. 

(b) Teachers whose connection with the department has been 

severed before the close of the spring term shall not be 
entitled to any salary for July and August, unless they 
have taught two terms, or at least six months of the cur- 
rent year; provided, that those teachers who have been 
continuously in the service of the department for three or 
more years, and shall have continued to teach part of the 
current year, shall be entitled to their pro rata of the 
vacation salary. 



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(c) Teacher- who have taught two terms, or at least six months 
of the current year, and whose connection with the depart- 
ment is severed before the close of the spring term, shall 
he entitled to as many tenths of their respective salaries 
for July and August as they have taught months of the 
current year. 

id) No teacher's name -hall appear on the pay roll at the open- 
ing of the school year in Id teacher shall actually 
at that time, nor shall any teacher receive 
any compensation in that school year until he or she has 
actually b ervice. 

(e) A teacher breaking the terms of hi- contract shall not he 
entitled to any \ ac salary. 

\i. and TRAN i 1 I A teacher may 

dismissed from the service for cause, after a hearing of the case 
before the department or authori ed agent of the department. The 
owing may he considered ient cause for dismissal: 

Immoral conduct. 
( h ) Insubordination. 

Inefficiency. 
< d I ( Conviction of a penal < >ffense. 

Incurahle dise I 

A uacher may also he dismissed from the department whenever, 

after a hearing, it shall appear to the department that such dismissal 

will he f«»r the benefit of the department 

Dismissal for any «>f can- . (di will include cancellation 

crtilicate. 

her may he trail- m one school to another at the 

discretion of the Department of Public Instruction. 

J) Salaries may Tie withheld until reports, health certificates, and 
inventories are recovered by the department. 

(4) A teacher may he reduced in salary for failure to carry out the 
provisions of the course of study, if his work i- unsatisfactory, or for 
violation of the rules and regulations of the department. 

in. ! ill Leave with full pay for the first seven 

calendar days and with half | r the following days up to and 

not exceeding *><> calendar days MAY be granted in the case of illi 

confining the teacher to his home. In such c here the leave is for 

than three days, it may he granted on the recommendation of the 

supervising principal. If such leave is for more than three days, it may 

granted upon the presentation of a certificate from a duly licensed 

physician. 

Full pay minus the pay of the substitute, may he granted in 



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cases of illness not covered by the paragraph above, though a physician's 
certificate must be furnished if the absence be for more than three days, 
and in cases of absence on account of confinement. 

(3) Leave under paragraphs (1) and (2) can not be granted for 
more than 60 calendar days in one school year. 

(4) Leave without pay may be granted in all other cases where the 
department may deem it proper; in cases where a teacher, who has 
given satisfactory service for not less than five years, wishes to be 
absent for not more than six months, the department may assure such 
teacher of re-appointment to the former position, as soon as practi- 
cable upon his giving notice of his being ready for service. 

(5) In no case will salary be paid on leave of absence without a 
direct application by the absentee having been forwarded to the depart- 
ment, with the approval of the supervising principal. 

(6) In cases where a teacher, after having been granted a leave of 
absence with pay, or part pay for thirty or more days, resigns within 
two months after the expiration of said leave, no summer salary will 
be paid such teacher. 

(7) Any teacher who is absent without permission from the Super- 
intendent of the department, where it is practicable for such leave to 
be requested in advance, or from the supervising principal where such 
a request to the superintendent is impracticable, shall be liable to sum- 
mary dismissal. 

(8) In the case of absence of teachers in districts outside of Hono- 
lulu, substitutes shall be appointed by the supervising principal or in- 
spector general, if such can be reached, or, if not, by the principal — not 
by the teacher who is absent. In the case of the Honolulu schools, 
principals will apply to the main office of the department for substitutes. 

(9) Leave of absence must be granted by supervising principals only 
in cases of absolute necessity and not for purposes of pleasure. In 
cases where it is desired to have school excursions or special exercises, 
the teachers must first obtain permission from the department, and 
they must, after such excursions or visits, file a detailed report thereon 
with the supervising principal or the department. Supervising prin- 
cipals will report to the department all cases where leaves of absence 
have been allowed, and the reason for same. 

11. Examinations and Teachers' Certificates. Examinations 
for teachers' certificates shall be held at least once a year by the Terri- 
torial Board of Examiners, at the time and place designated by the 
Department of Public Instruction. 

Certificates of two grades shall be issued, viz : 

(a) Primary Grade Certificate. 

(b) Grammar Grade Certificate. 



Zd 



Primary tirade Certificate. 

The requirements for a Primary Grade Certificate shall be as follov 
< 1 i A written examination in the following subjects: English (lit- 
erature, history, spelling, composition and grammar), Agriculture, Ge< 
raphy (Hawaiian an<l general), Hygiene, Sanitation, and Physiology, 
Vocational Education, Physical Training, Arithmetic, Drawing (illus- 
trative work, as indicated in the Course of Study for Elementary 

Schools). 

Standing required not less than so r ; in each subject. 

I andidates must be at least eighteen year- of age, of good moral 
character, and In good health. 

The candidate who successfully passes these examinations will he 
entitled to a First Permit, which shall he good for the following school 
year only. 

full y< uice in teaching in a public school. 

candidates must | written examination in the method- of teaching 

the subjects in the Course of Study, School I. f Hawaii, records 

and rq if the department required of teachers, and general peda- 

ade required to pass: not less than n the written exam- 

ination- and an E not less than So'; on the reports of the 

supervising principal of ti. >rk during the previous school 

A candidate who successfully | will he entitled to a Second 

Permit, which shall 1 tor tie following school year only. 

two full y< ience in teaching in a public school, 

must pass a written examination in the method- of teaching 
the subjects in the Course of Study. School Laws of Hawaii, records 
and re] »f the department required of teachers, and ped 

ide required to pa-.: not less than m the written examina- 

tions, and an average of not less than >n the report- of the super- 

vising principal of the candidate's work during the previous school year. 
The last requirement shall I rmined from the reports of the 

supervising principal, the report of the inspe neral of schools, and 

the written work of the pupils submitted from time to time during the 
and on tile in the office of the department. 
tndidates successfully passing these examination-. Primary Grade 
rtificates will he granted, which will entitle the holder- to teach in 
any primary school in the Territory. 

Such Primary Grade Certificates -hall he granted to all teacher- now 
employed by the department who hold first-class Primary Grade Certifi- 
cate- without the requirement of any examination, provided that the 
holder- of such certificates -hall have had three years of successful 
experience. 

No certificated teacher, now employed by the department, shall be 



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required to take any examination specified in these rules until the expi- 
ration of the period for which his certificate is granted. 

Candidates, who have had not less than one full school year of expe- 
rience, and not more than three years, may take the First Methods 
examinations. 

Teachers, holding First or Second Permits, may take Grammar Grade 
Certificate examinations, with the exception of the Methods examina- 
tion, and the grades obtained shall be kept by. the board of examiners 
for future credits. However, no credits will be allowed, nor will cer- 
tificate be granted, until the requirements for the Primary Grade Certifi- 
cate have been fulfilled and the certificate granted. 

Candidates who have had three or more years of successful experi- 
ence in teaching in this Territory shall be allowed to take the profes- 
sional and academic examinations at the same time. 

(b) Grammar Grade Certificate. 

Standing required — not less than 80% in each subject. English — 
based on college entrance requirements. History — based on college en- 
trance requirements. Geography — commercial, industrial, Hawaiian 
and general. Algebra — to quadratics. Plane Geometry — first four 
books. Elementary Science — physics, physiology, biology, botany, hy- 
giene and sanitation. Drawing — ability to illustrate stories of Course 
of Study and model land forms. Professional Knowledge — methods of 
teaching subjects of elementary school course; child study, school man- 
agement, school laws. 

Candidates may take part of the subjects one year and part at suc- 
ceeding examinations ; provided, however, that all the examinations 
must be taken within a period of four years. 

In granting a Grammar Grade Certificate, the standing of the can- 
didate shall be determined by the board of examiners by considering 
the following requirements as of equal value : 

(a) Academic preparation. 

(b) Professional knowledge. 

(c) Skill in teaching and school management. 

The last requirement shall be determined from the reports of the 
supervising principal, the report of the inspector general of schools, 
and the written work of the pupils submitted from time to time during 
the past year, and on file in the office of the Department of Public 
Instruction. 

These certificates will entitle the holder to teach in any grammar 
school of the Territory. 

Supervising Principals. Supervising principals shall be appointed by 
the department, at its discretion, but each appointee must be the holder 
of a Grammar Grade Certificate. 

12. Board of Examiners. There shall be a Board of Examiners 



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compose. 1 of the inspector general of schools as chairman, and four 
supervising principal-, or principals appointed by the department. 

All matters pert&ining to examinations and certification of teachers 

shall be referred by the department to the Board ol Examiners for its 

immendation. 

When the Hoard of Examiners is not in session, its chairman is 

authorized to examine into the credentials and to determine their value. 

h ruling to be nized until the [uent meeting of the Board 

of Examim 

13. kt i.i i rning Examinations. The following rules shall 

he read and explained to all candidates at the beginning of each exam- 
ination : 

i 1 i Each candidate shall he furnished with a numbered card, on 
which he shall write his name. II- shall write the number of this card 
on the headlii ich paper given him for the examination. No can- 

didate shall write his name on his paper or to identify his <>r 

anv Other paper. All can 1 immediately and not he 

■icd until all papers have been examined and all work has been 
finally 1. 

ommun * the person in 

\11 commi >n relal .animation 

1 he in a torn- of sufficiently l«>ud to he h« ill candidates 

in the room. 

Examin< ill not • with others than 

Inch they ha while the 

tig on. 
i4 i Candidates shall not 1 .after- l paper and 

bef< finished their ithout permission of the 

miner in char 

shall report to tl ■ rintendent any neces- 

. deviations from these nil 

14. R] iversity and colh ^rees, 

normal diplomas, state grammar grade certificates and life di- 

plomas, may at the di >n of tl rd of Examin pted as 

the equivalent of Hawaiian Grammar Grade certificates or diplomas. 

Half time taught elsewhere than in the Territory may he allowed in 
determining the initial salary of teacher-; provided, however, such 
allowance does not CXO 

15. Religious 1 1 noN, No religious instruction shall be given 
in any public school. This is not to he construed so as to interfere 

with the practice of opening school with devotional exi or to 

restrict in any way the Sunday service :onducted in the public 

boarding schools, industrial schools or reform-: hools. 



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16. Special Days. On the following special days the schools are 
to be in session, with some time given to appropriate exercises : 

Arbor Day. 
Lincoln's Birthday. 
May Day. 
Flag Day. 
Peace Day. 
(For legal holidays, see Section 52 of School Laws.) 

17. General Rules. (1) Employees of the department shall not 
engage in outside pursuits which cause their school work to be unsatis- 
factory. In such cases, it shall be lawful for the department to require 
that such activities cease or that the employee resign. 

(2) It shall be unlawful to solicit subscriptions or contributions of 
money from pupils in the public schools while these are in session, or on 
the school premises at any time. 

(3) The school session shall not be reduced nor the recess periods 
altered on account of rain or for any other reason, and teachers must 
remain in the school and perform their duties during the full school day. 

(4) The department may excuse from attendance from the Sum- 
mer School uncertificated teachers who have attended several sessions of 
the Summer School, and whose records during the preceding year 
shall have been satisfactory. Teachers thus excused shall be paid a 
salary allowed teachers who attend the Summer School, but fail to pass 
the examination. 

(5) Where it seems desirable, the superintendent is authorized to 
grant permission for changing the school hours from regular school 
time, without, however, reducing the allotted number of school hours. 

(6) The department shall give notice to teachers, whose work has 
fallen below standard, that unless their work shows satisfactory im- 
provement before the end of the year their reappointment may not be 
recommended. Such notice shall be issued prior to the meeting of the 
commissioners at which appointments are made for the ensuing school 
year. 

(7) In the case where school books are loaned by the department to 
needy children, the principal of the school shall keep a record of such 
books and shall see that they are returned at the end of the school year 
as property of the school. 

(8) Teachers shall read the information relating to the department 
contained in the Educational Reviezv. The department will, after such 
information has been published, proceed upon the assumption that every 
teacher is informed on the subject in question. 



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Only one school day shall be allowed in any one school year for 
the pur] i attending teachers' conventions. 

ilo, No profane or indecent language shall be allowed on the 
school premises or on the way to or from school. 

Signed i Henry W. Kinney, 

Superintendent ; 

Leopold < r. Blackman, 

W. H. Smith. 

T. Bf win . 

M \k\ A.THERTON RlCHARDS, 

I ). C. Lindsay, 

I'm ma k. Bond, 

immissioners. 

Approved this 28th day of May, A. 1 ). 1915: 

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